Today, Target announced that the victim total from its hacking incident has jumped dramatically. There were 40 million victims whose credit card numbers were compromised. Now, we learn that there’s another list of 70 million victims — hackers made away with other personal information about them, including e-mail and mailing [Keep reading]
With all the screaming about the NSA hacking into our lives, Americans have kind of missed the point. We’ve voluntarily given our lives to private companies for years. Government agents don’t have to hack us. They can simply ask any of these companies for everything they have. The Supreme Court [Keep reading]
The IRS tries very hard to send out tax refunds quickly, so it sometimes sends them to the wrong person. Criminals have figured this out, and increasingly try to jump between you and your tax refund. They do this by filing a tax return before you do. Your solution: File [Keep reading]
Snapchat was the target of the first real hacker data leak of 2014, with data on 4.6 million members taken and posted online. It happened during the holidays; perhaps you missed it. Or perhaps you don’t know what the heck Snapchat is. Now would be a good time to find [Keep reading]
Happy New Year! Snapchat is leaking users’ phone numbers online. To prove it, hackers posted 4.6 million of them online last night. What’s Snapchat? Essentially it is a service everyone is using for extra privacy, in which messages (kind of) self-destruct after a few seconds. Snapchat users, such as those [Keep reading]
Not so fast, everyone: Boiling water doesn’t help a woman giving birth, and putting a credit freeze on your credit report won’t stop a hacker from buying things with a credit card stolen from Target. Here’s an update on what we know, what you should do, and some ideas about [Keep reading]
If you shopped at Target during the past three weeks, there’s something really important you should do: Don’t overreact. The massive Target credit card hack is going to create a mess for a lot of people, and there’s a good chance you might be one of them. But it’s important [Keep reading]
There’s been years of media reports ringing the alarm bell about binge drinking; where’s the horror at the new epidemic of binge working? When friends brag they are pulling all-nighters at work, please don’t laugh. Please tell them to get help. If you haven’t noticed this disturbing trend, I’ll lay [Keep reading]
“I cannot imagine a more ‘indiscriminate’ and ‘arbitrary invasion’ than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen for purposes of querying it and analyzing it without judicial approval.” So said U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon on Monday, describing the National Security [Keep reading]
Online shopping growth continues to defy gravity, with an estimated $1.7 billion spent on Cyber Monday last week — an 18% jump from 2012. And why not? Digital shoppers beat the crowds, never fight for parking, usually get the best prices, and often escape sales tax. But if you’re going to be [Keep reading]
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